Collaboration for People with MI/IDD: System Failures and Promising Practices

• By: Robert J. Fletcher, DSW, ACSW, NADD-CC Kayla Behn NADD
• July 1st, 2017
• care coordination, co-occurring disorders, dual diagnosis, intellectual and developmental disabilities, intersystem collaboration, mental health services, service fragmentation, staff training
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Individuals who have both mental illness (MI) and intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) present unique challenges to both mental health and developmental disability service structures. The group comprises a complex population whose needs are often poorly identified and who are often...